McCarter Theater
The entrance of McCarter Theatre
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| Address | 91 University Place Princeton, New Jersey United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°20′39.51″N 74°39′38.53″W / 40.3443083°N 74.6607028°WCoordinates: 40°20′39.51″N 74°39′38.53″W / 40.3443083°N 74.6607028°W |
| Public transit | Princeton (NJT station) |
| Owner | Princeton University |
| Operator | McCarter Theatre Company |
| Type | Regional theater |
| Opened | February 21, 1930 |
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McCarter Theatre is a not-for-profit, professional company on the campus of Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. It is one of the most active cultural centers in the nation, offering over 200 performances of theater, dance, music and special events each year. Over 200,000 people come to McCarter each season.
McCarter Theatre Center is recognized as one of the leading regional theaters in the United States, and is the only organization in the country that is both a professional producing theater and a major presenter of the performing arts. The theater creates, develops and produces new work for the stage, produces classical theatrical repertoire, and hosts performing artists.
Built as a permanent home for the Princeton University Triangle Club (who continue to perform at McCarter) with funds from Thomas N. McCarter, class of 1888, McCarter Theatre opened on February 21, 1930 with a special performance of the 40th annual Triangle show, The Golden Dog. One of its stars was Joshua Logan, a junior, and a sophomore named James Stewart was in the chorus.
During the 1930s, McCarter gained popularity as a pre-Broadway showcase, due to its large seating capacity, its 40-foot proscenium stage, and its short distance from New York. Thornton Wilder's Our Town had its world premiere at McCarter, as did George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart's You Can't Take It with You, James Thurber and Elliot Nugent's The Male Animal (starring Gene Tierney), Philip Barry's Without Love (starring Katharine Hepburn) and William Inge's Bus Stop (starring Kim Stanley and Elaine Stritch).
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